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Synonyms for accented
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : noun ak-sent; verb ak-sent, ak-sent |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈæk sɛnt; verb ˈæk sɛnt, ækˈsɛnt |
Définition of accented
Origin :- late 14c., "particular mode of pronunciation," from Middle French accent, from Old French acent (13c.), from Latin accentus "song added to speech," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + cantus "a singing," past participle of canere "to sing" (see chant (v.)). Loan-translation of Greek prosoidia, from pros- "to" + oide "song," which apparently described the pitch scheme in Greek verse. The decorating sense of "something that emphasizes or highlights" is from 1972.
- verb place emphasis, importance
- Never should it be said that Antonia Dennant had accented him and thrown him over.
- Extract from : « The Island Pharisees » by John Galsworthy
- Safti hailed him with the accented violence peculiar to the Arabs.
- Extract from : « Sman; and Safti's Summer Day » by Robert Hichens
- I accented in most words from the French has the sound of long e.
- Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
- In long words two, and sometimes three, syllables are accented.
- Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
- At first he repeated some well-known prayers, and only accented a word here and there.
- Extract from : « Childhood » by Leo Tolstoy
- Inconsistency in hyphenation and accented words has also been retained.
- Extract from : « The Dust Flower » by Basil King
- Letters that are accented in the lower case are typically not accented in the upper case.
- Extract from : « Fifty Soups » by Thomas J. Murrey
- What an accented note it is in the whole vast expanse of green and blue!
- Extract from : « Rambles on the Riviera » by Francis Miltoun
- The original hyphenation and use of accented words has been retained.
- Extract from : « Bible Animals; » by J. G. Wood
- It accented and so it removed the narrowness of Puritan practice.
- Extract from : « The Greatest English Classic » by Cleland Boyd McAfee
Antonyms for accented
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